BEHOLD IT, WRITTEN FOR THE OCCIDENT.
AH! WILL THEY SEE, ALTHOUGH THE VEIL IS RENT?
OR WILL NOT ONE BELIEVER PAUSE BEFORE
THE TATTERED GLORIES OF THE ORIENT?
M. H. P.
[1] “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam,” Ed. Fitzgerald, trans.
CONTENTS
| BOOK I | ||
| FLESH-FIRE | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Conqueror | [3] |
| II. | The Inception of a Flame | [22] |
| III. | Ahalya | [39] |
| IV. | The Asra Ruby | [58] |
| V. | Poppies | [74] |
| VI. | Churi | [88] |
| VII. | The Power of the Flame | [109] |
| VIII. | The Curse | [134] |
| IX. | Asra fights again | [150] |
| X. | The Song of Narmáda | [163] |
| BOOK II | ||
| SOUL-FIRE | ||
| I. | The Son of Gokama | [175] |
| II. | Oman the Child | [185] |
| III. | His Solitude | [196] |
| IV. | Hushka in the Market-place | [206] |
| V. | Yellow-robed | [227] |
| VI. | The Vihara of Truth | [240] |
| VII. | The Wheel of the Law | [254] |
| VIII. | The Outcast | [265] |
| IX. | The Struggle on the Height | [283] |
| X. | The Wanderer | [299] |
| XI. | Sunrise | [315] |
| XII. | Mandu in Malwa | [323] |
| XIII. | A Brother of the Soul | [332] |
| XIV. | The Ancient Flame | [353] |
| XV. | The River Temple | [370] |
| XVI. | “La-Ilaha-il-lal-Laha” | [384] |
| XVII. | The Sign of the Ruby | [399] |
| XVIII. | Sunset | [411] |
BOOK I
FLESH-FIRE
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